The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-28


The annual meeting of the Farmers
Mutual fire insurance company will be held
at the court house in this village, on Tuesday,
January 10th, 1888, AT one O'Clock p. IN.
Gene Salisbury, that public benefactor, is
circulating paper for the benefit of Geo. Il.
King, whose wife is dying with cancer.
Gene is at work in a good cause, as Mr.. King
is in need of help. He has expended all he
had since his wife has been sick, and is now
penniless.
Michigan cold waves, when compared with
those of the great West and Northwest, are
not worthy of the name. We read Of tenn
peratures ranging from 30 . 10 SOC below
Zero and of people being frozen to death
while trying to save and care for their stock,
while here the lowest temperature reached
was above zero.
Next Lords Day, the pastor of the First
Baptist church viii preach in the morning
"giving welcome to the new year" At
three o'clock in the afternoon, no will hold a
gospel service for the children and young
people of the town at which time he will de-
liver an illustrated sermon on "How to be-
gin the new year" In the evening, he viii
preach to everybody on What we shall be
and do the coming year"
Our townsman, Mr.. L.. ID. Darling, died
yesterday at about four o'clock a. m, of
erysipelas. His illness was very brief, and
the news of his death was severe shock to
the entire community. He was one of
our most highly respected citizens and
had been resident among this people for
thirty years or more. His funeral will be
held at the residence on Thursday, the 29th
inst, at two o'clock p. IL.
At it's regular meeting held on Wednesday
evening. December 2lst. Fidelity Lodge No
20, ID. of r., elected the following named
officers Mrs. Sadie Lindsey, N. e.; Miss
Mamie Rowland, V. G.; Mr. w. II. Mason
S.. Mrs. Ella Osborne, p. S.: Mrs. Mary A.
Rowland, Il. vote of thanks was rendered
to Bro. G.. V. Burdick for couple of fine
marble blocks, placed by him OH the pedes-
tails of the two principal officers, as n re-
minder of Christmas
Mat. Murphy of this place, and n o. Mar
tin of Lawton, have arranged for the pur
chase Of McKeyes' drug store at the latter
place and will take possession jan lst. Our
Lawton friends will find Mat. fine young
man and an excellent druggist and Mr.
| Martin is one of Lawton's first young men
We wish them msuccess.--DecdturR Republican,
| Mr.. Murphy is graduate of the pharmacy
course at Ann Arbor and has had four years
practical experience as a druggist. Boil
young men are reliable and energetic anC
the NoRTHERNER predicts abundant success:
for them in their new venture.
Religions meetings are being conducted
in Bloomingdale with great success, at th,
! Baptist church. the community being gen
orally stirred, the young men, especially
manifesting an interest The pastor, Rev
Mr.. Wilkinson, baptized two persons weel
ago last Sunday, and then was taken sicl
and was unable 10 conduct the meetings but
on solicitation. Rev. Mr. Bell of Paw Paw
went 10 the rescue and preached every nigh
last week, the result being the conversion o.
four young men and one young lady. max
ing about twenty since the meetings began
| He will preach again sach night this week
The unrelability oi weather items is showr
by the following local published in th
| C0Hrter of last week Whenever you Sc,
the blizzard flag displayed, you can sheC
your wrappers with inipunity. Three time
the flag with the dark center has been dis
played this fall. and our citizens have beguI
TO shiver in anticipation of severe cold, bu
every time warm weather has followed" A
the time the readers of the C0HJjCr wcr
perusng the above. the cold wave flag wa
flying under the third order, the mercury hat
dropped from 43 , to - . fall of 81
and our citizens who were on the street
were rubbing their ears to keep them from
freezing. Not very good time to she'
Wrappers